Antique Dutch marquetry chest of drawers with inlaid column front in the neoclassical manner , Dutch late 18th century .
The body with ornate floral marquetry inlay.
A single drawer under the top with 5 more drawers underneath flanked by full columns with bronze capitals and bases. The whole raised on elegant tapering legs.
A rare small size this chest was probably bespoke made in the early 1800's as a collectors cabinet or specimen chest. It might also have been an apprentice piece . No doubt this apprentice graduated with full honours to master cabinet maker.